This pavilion is a collaborative creation, built with the active participation of local villagers. It is more than a physical structure—it serves as a temporary spiritual space for the community, constructed at minimal cost.
Project name
Marine Pavilion
Architecture firm
Patch Design
Location
Meilian Village, Yacheng Town, Sanya, China
Principal architect
Naixin Shi
Collaborators
Meilian villagers
Structural engineer
Patch Design
Visualization
Qixiang Zhang
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Midjourney, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, 3D print
Construction
Patch Design & Meilian villagers
Material
Recycled fishing nets, crab nets, bamboo
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Pavilion
Situated on the southern tip of Hainan Island, China’s most southerly province with its tropical forests, mountain parks and white sand beaches welcoming over 80 million tourists each year, Sanya has grown to a city of over a million residents.
Project name
Sanya Cultural District
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Sanya City, China
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
ZHA Competition Team: Shajay Bhooshan, Joshua Anderson, Vishu Bhooshan, Daniel Boran, Chun-Yen Chen, Hung-Da Chien, Nils Fischer, Matthew Gabe, Charles Harris, Jinqi Huang, Yen-Fen Huang, Ivan Hewitt, Jakub Klaska, Hannah Kopeliovitch Simmons, Henry Louth, Sonia Magdziarz, Patrik Schumacher, Svenja Siever, Tul Srisompun, Yaobin Wang, Yutong Xia, Simon Yu, Lei Zheng, Han Hsun Hsieh
Visualization
Brick Visual, Negativ, Plomp. Animation by Atchain
Client
People’s Government of Sanya City
Typology
Cultural Architecture
EDITION, luxury boutique hotel brand affiliated to MARRIOTT, entrusted Various Associates to upgrade the beach club of its first hotel opened in China, known as The Sanya EDITION. Located at the picturesque Haitang Bay, The Sanya EDITION enjoys a first-class beach and a fascinating sea view.
Project name
Beach Club at The Sanya EDITION
Architecture firm
Various Associates
Location
The Sanya EDITION, Haitang Bay, Sanya, China
Principal architect
Qianyi Lin, Dongzi Yang
Design team
Jianpeng Liu, Zhichao Lin, Yue Zhang, Shiqi Li (follow-up work)
Completion year
January 2022
Material
Bamboo, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Hospitality › Beach Club
The project is located nearby the “The Skyline Coast”, a popular tourist attraction in Sanya, Hainan, enjoying vast and open seascape and surrounded by the lovely sound of crashing waves, which can relieve people’s spirits in the immersive blue natural ambience.
Project name
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel
Architecture firm
GS Design
Location
Tianya Dristrict, Sanya, Hainan, China
Design team
Chao Li, Zigeng Luo
Collaborators
Furnishing Director: Yu Feng. Design Directors: Liangchao Li, Yuanman Huang
Interior design
GS Design
Client
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, Sanya
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
